TACOMA: Look at Lincoln Center’s success
Re: “Racial gap seen closing in schools” (TNT, 5-29). What I did not see in this article about the Tacoma School District’s efforts to close the achievement gap was any mention of what we know is...
View ArticlePREP SPORTS: Discourage athletes from ‘loading up’
When I read that two outstanding high school basketball players were changing schools to team up with a friend who is also highly rated (TNT, 6-22), I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the coaches, the...
View ArticleEDUCATION: Focus on manufacturing jobs welcome
Re: “Making a case for shop class” (Bill Virgin column, 10-14). My son, just 21, participated in the welding program at Lincoln High School for two years before going on to Bates Technical College....
View ArticleTACOMA: Family linked in to Lincoln High School history
Re: “Happy 100th to you, Lincoln High School and Abes” (editorial, 8-9). Our Strobel family ties to Lincoln High School go back to 1913-1914, when Lincoln was being built. Our dad, Robert Strobel, was...
View ArticleTACOMA: 94-year rivalry goes Lincoln’s way this year
Several September events in Tacoma marked the 100th anniversary of Lincoln High School. The latest happened Saturday at Lincoln Bowl. The first football game between Lincoln and Stadium high schools...
View ArticleFESTIVAL: Adult error created Daffodil snafu
A News Tribune article (2-7) told readers of an “error in judging” that led to two students being crowned as daffodil princesses at Emerald Ridge High School. Puyallup School District officials...
View ArticleEDUCATION: Assessing schools is a tricky business
Re: “State changes Lincoln’s marks to passing” (TNT, 6-23). In April, Lincoln High School was heralded as Washington’s 22nd most challenging high school, based on the ratio of graduates to Advanced...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Is big money trickling down to high school level?
After reading the article about football coach Jon Kitna leaving Lincoln High School (TNT, 1-22), I’m having a hard time digesting the assistant pay issue. This is high school sports, not college or...
View ArticleTACOMA: Lincoln has been making great strides
Re: “US to investigate Lincoln High after educators claim unfairness” (TNT, 3-1). Unfortunately it appears we have three disgruntled educators at Lincoln High School who may be using their own...
View ArticleTACOMA: Resolve issues at Lincoln High School
I read with concern that the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Education is investigating charges of discrimination at Lincoln High School first made public last September (TNT, 3-1). The...
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